[PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Fix unlocked runtime state reads in xfer ioctls

From: Cássio Gabriel

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 11:57:48 EST


The recent runtime state locking cleanup converted several PCM ioctl state
checks to snd_pcm_get_state(), including snd_pcm_pre_prepare(),
snd_pcm_drain() and snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl(). The native and compat xfer
ioctl paths still sample runtime->state directly before dispatching to the
PCM transfer helpers, and snd_pcm_common_ioctl() still samples the
DISCONNECTED state directly in its common precheck.

Use snd_pcm_get_state() for those ioctl-side prechecks as well. This keeps
the externally visible ioctl entry checks consistent with the stream-locked
state access used by the recent PCM state-read cleanup.

Fixes: 032322b44c02 ("ALSA: pcm: oss: use proper stream lock for runtime->state access")
Signed-off-by: Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/core/pcm_compat.c | 4 ++--
sound/core/pcm_native.c | 7 +++----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_compat.c b/sound/core/pcm_compat.c
index 5313f50f17da..55ecf87586c4 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_compat.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_compat.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_ioctl_xferi_compat(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
return -ENOTTY;
if (substream->stream != dir)
return -EINVAL;
- if (substream->runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
+ if (snd_pcm_get_state(substream) == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
return -EBADFD;

if (get_user(buf, &data32->buf) ||
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_ioctl_xfern_compat(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
return -ENOTTY;
if (substream->stream != dir)
return -EINVAL;
- if (substream->runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
+ if (snd_pcm_get_state(substream) == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
return -EBADFD;

ch = substream->runtime->channels;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index e72038c7aa38..db4f5cb39088 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -3305,10 +3305,9 @@ static int snd_pcm_xferi_frames_ioctl(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
struct snd_xferi __user *_xferi)
{
struct snd_xferi xferi;
- struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
snd_pcm_sframes_t result;

- if (runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
+ if (snd_pcm_get_state(substream) == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
return -EBADFD;
if (put_user(0, &_xferi->result))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -3331,7 +3330,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_xfern_frames_ioctl(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
void *bufs __free(kfree) = NULL;
snd_pcm_sframes_t result;

- if (runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
+ if (snd_pcm_get_state(substream) == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
return -EBADFD;
if (runtime->channels > 128)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -3394,7 +3393,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_common_ioctl(struct file *file,
if (PCM_RUNTIME_CHECK(substream))
return -ENXIO;

- if (substream->runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_DISCONNECTED)
+ if (snd_pcm_get_state(substream) == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_DISCONNECTED)
return -EBADFD;

res = snd_power_wait(substream->pcm->card);

---
base-commit: acfce4774d974f8fce06527f9c45e4210715e7da
change-id: 20260605-alsa-pcm-xfer-state-helper-47c009f57620

Best regards,
--
Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@xxxxxxxxx>